1. Peter Ritzen was born on 21 January 1956 and is a Flemish pianist composer and conductor.
12 Facts About Peter Ritzen
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Peter Ritzen studied piano and chamber music at the Royal Conservatory of his native city Ghent.
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Peter Ritzen continued his training at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, with the Russian pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva.
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Peter Ritzen graduated with the Diplome Superieure d'Execution for Piano from the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris 'Alfred Cortot'.
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Peter Ritzen cooperated as a soloist with many well-known orchestras and ensembles.
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Peter Ritzen is a composer of massive works with many performers.
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Peter Ritzen is the founder and artistic director of the International Theodor Leschetizky Summer Academy at the Universitat fur Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien since 1991.
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Between 2009 and 2014, Peter Ritzen was invited by the Chinese Ministry of Culture to perform large scale piano concerts all over China.
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In 2015, Peter Ritzen was appointed artistic director of the New Cosmos International Music Festival.
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Since 2016, Peter Ritzen has been music director of the Vienna-based New Cosmos Philharmonic.
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In 2017, Peter Ritzen conducted at the Golden Hall of Musikverein in Vienna, the New Cosmos Philharmonic, the world premiere of his Symphonic Poem, 'Die Wildrose'.
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On 28 November 2018, Peter Ritzen was knighted Officer in the Order of Leopold.